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Kratos' 2021 acquisitions foreshadow its 2022 goals

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' optimism on its space and satellite business can be found in a pair of acquisitions the company made as 2021 was coming to a close.

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Where ManTech sees some of the market stagnation loosening

ManTech is mindful that agencies have a great deal of catchup work to do if they get appropriations but some also have the ability to move quickly on their priorities.

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Gunnison adds cyber skills with third acquisition

Gunnison Consulting's third acquisition in 15 months sees the company add a cyber solutions provider.

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Parsons sees infrastructure spending opportunities on the horizon

Parsons Corp.'s plan for this year is already in place, but the company also has the infrastructure spending bill and any potential opportunities from it on its mind for 2023.

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Leidos CEO quantifies the risks they and others face

Leidos sees questions around the budget and contract delays as risks that "need to be retired" out of the contracting ecosystem as the company's growth slows for 2022.

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Emcore picks up L3Harris business to revive it

L3Harris Technologies' decision to sell its space and navigation business to Emcore saves a unit that was otherwise languishing.

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Amentum built a foundation with PAE purchase, now begins the ramp-up

Just two years old, Amentum has already closed on a pair of large acquisitions in DynCorp International and now PAE to put in place the building blocks for future growth.

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Aeyon expands automation, analytics footprint through acquisitions

Enlightenment Capital supports a pair of acquisitions by its portfolio company Aeyeon to further expand robotic process automation and data analytics offerings.

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Lockheed-Aerojet deal is kaput. So what's happens now?

Lockheed Martin has cancelled its attempt to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne but the world's largest defense company can at least say it can get back to normal business. For Aerojet, it's a different story.

Opinion

M&A activity exploded in 2021. Here's why

2021 saw an exponential increase in the volume of GovCon mergers and acquisitions with many deals driven by private equity buyers as well as large established companies. Will we see a repeat in 2022?

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Where OceanSound wants to spend its new $780M fund

Private equity firm OceanSound Partners currently backs two government technology companies and is looking for more opportunities in the market with the closure of its inaugural fund, which blew past the target.

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Health tech firm's acquisition includes federal footing

One year after getting more private equity backing, health IT firm PointClickCare acquires a company that brings to the buyer a federal footprint and relationships with care providing organizations.

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Maximus' attention turns to revenue synergies as it integrates

Last year's agenda for Maximus involved closing its two largest-ever acquisitions to lay more new foundations for growth in the federal business, which means this year is focused on winning revenue synergy opportunities.

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Anduril goes under the sea with its latest acquisition

Anduril Industries is achieving fast growth as a start-up in the defense sector as it makes another deal to build its maritime domain expertise.

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Middle-market investor buys ServiceNow, intell community specialist

Private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management's latest acquisition of a government technology company focuses on a business that specializes in the ServiceNow software platform and intelligence community.

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CACI's latest acquisitions bolster its commitment to secure communications

CACI International ended 2021 with an acquisition and started 2022 with another, and both deals signal CACI's commitment to secure communications from anywhere at anytime.

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Federal Advisory Partners makes first acquisition with Sagewind's support

Just four months after acquiring Federal Advisory Partners, that portfolio company makes a purchase of its own with the backing of its private equity owner Sagewind Capital.

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Sigma Defense eyeing DOD networking effort with first acquisition

One year on from getting private equity backing, Sigma Defense closes on an acquisition it sees as helping the company position for the U.S. military's "JADC2" network architecture effort.

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In Gryphon, ManTech finds company pushing changes in engineering

In acquiring Gryphon Technologies, ManTech finds a company it sees as at the forefront of a very different model of engineering than the traditional document-based approach.

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Godspeed moves quick on federal tech market acquisition

Private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management acquires a second government technology solutions company just shy of one month on from its first transaction.